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A company that manufactures sports equipment has received complaints

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EMPOWERgmatVerbal

23 Apr 2025, 01:55

10

5

3,931

by: VerbalBot

31 Jul 2025, 05:54

ER

The sense of delayed gratification, of working now for later pleasure,

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Bunuel

08 Jun 2018, 06:41

35

9

12,409

by: VerbalBot

31 Jul 2025, 02:34

ER

With employer-paid training, workers have the

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AbdurRakib

12 Jun 2017, 01:41

145

13

53,812

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 23:52

ER

Editorial in Golbindian Newspaper: For almost three months,

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aurobindo

10 Jan 2019, 00:12

44

11

24,304

by: agrasan

30 Jul 2025, 22:57

Critical Reasoning 101 - How to appraoch GMAT CR

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souvik101990

09 Jul 2014, 22:28

72

2

14,769

by: smbb92

30 Jul 2025, 21:01

A person who agrees to serve as mediator between two factions at the

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Bunuel

08 Jun 2018, 09:03

11

4

8,674

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 15:24

It is not good for a university to have class sizes that are very

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playthegame

12 Feb 2024, 19:49

8

2

2,832

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 13:19

-1

It has not been scientifically proven that ghosts do not exist. Furthe

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pintukr

24 Jun 2023, 11:00

6

3,740

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 13:17

Pharmacist: A large study of people aged 65- 81 and suffering from

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akela

27 Apr 2018, 14:05

33

11

7,442

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 10:40

ER

Further evidence of a connection between brain physiology and psycholo

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u0422811

17 Oct 2018, 04:50

78

15

15,722

by: bb

30 Jul 2025, 09:20

-1

A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether

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Gladiator59

16 Jan 2019, 00:52

17

7

7,193

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 08:20

ER

It would not be surprising to discover that the trade routes between C

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Gladiator59

10 Mar 2019, 09:28

21

4

6,464

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 06:05

It has been proven that the lie detector can be fooled.

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charanrana

29 Sep 2022, 10:32

4

3,642

by: CareerLauncherMBA

30 Jul 2025, 02:03

Despite the relentless pursuit of fitness portrayed by the media, the

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Danny134

09 Jul 2024, 14:13

12

4

2,555

by: Paattaa

29 Jul 2025, 22:58

ER

An electric-power company gained greater profits and provided electric

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saviop

20 Sep 2023, 01:48

133

11

35,304

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 22:14

ER

Investigators concluded that human failure was not responsible for the

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goalsnr

04 Sep 2019, 04:52

72

14

16,367

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 21:33

ER

Moved:

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. What does the sp

Bunuel

24 Jun 2018, 10:39

13

5,911

by: ahddhah

29 Jul 2025, 21:13

When Cortez arrived in Mexico in A.D. 1519, he observed the inhabitant

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nahid007

09 Mar 2020, 03:27

36

8

14,484

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 20:27

ER

Due to budget constraints for the upcoming year, the corporate office

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Bunuel

03 Jan 2022, 07:30

8

4

3,449

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 14:19

The number of tornadoes recorded annually in North America has more

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akela

28 Feb 2019, 08:13

16

4

5,478

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 14:15

Before lead poisoning starts to cause serious damage, it can be detect

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agdimple333

10 Jun 2019, 01:11

34

3

10,020

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 09:45

ER

Auditor: XYZ, a construction company, purchased

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akela

10 Dec 2017, 11:54

39

9

9,220

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 09:22

-1

In the past, the railroads in Ostronia were run as regional monopolies

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1, 2

chunjuwu

27 Mar 2020, 02:56

23

22

21,988

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 09:03

ER

Economic opportunity drew many people to Alaska during the early 1980s

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Anigr16

24 Aug 2015, 08:35

23

2

6,446

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 07:18

During the seventeenth century, the English Academy of Science was a

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CrackVerbal

19 Mar 2020, 04:06

5

3

4,604

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 06:55

ER

CR - Strengthen the argument

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souvik101990

08 Apr 2014, 09:23

26

10

12,703

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 03:03

ER

In 1980, Country A had a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) that

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gmacvik

28 Mar 2021, 12:24

115

15

20,990

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 01:27

ER

A requirement of traditional pension plans is that an employee work fo

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felippemed

02 Jun 2016, 12:22

43

15

16,788

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 00:59

ER

Playwright A is credited with being the first playwright to break the

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Bunuel

11 Apr 2024, 01:30

29

7

5,535

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 00:55

Prison overcrowding has forced the early release of hundreds of crimin

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aragonn

02 Dec 2018, 19:03

14

8

6,202

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 22:22

ER

A significant amount of the acquisition budget of a typical university

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akela

11 Nov 2017, 01:57

23

6

12,127

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 19:11

Planners in City X noticed that many of the trees in the

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1, 2

rdg

30 Jun 2013, 05:21

28

26

10,711

by: licrolicro

28 Jul 2025, 11:59

A wannabe superhuman has a large menu of technique

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ravikirancg

05 Jun 2025, 07:51

4

2

1,289

by: ODST117

28 Jul 2025, 10:13

Editorial: It has been suggested that private, for-profit companies sh

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Hovkial

27 Jul 2019, 09:32

8

5

5,219

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 09:58

ER

It is due to a misunderstanding that most modern sculpture is monochro

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Bunuel

01 Nov 2021, 04:00

9

2

4,445

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 09:13

Politician: Some cities have reversed the decay of aging urban areas

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GmatStuck

08 Feb 2025, 18:07

10

2

2,423

by: Pranavsawant

28 Jul 2025, 07:56

ER

Oceanographer: To substantially reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in

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nightblade354

28 Jul 2019, 12:53

35

12

9,184

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 07:40

Governor: The bridge that spans the Brookline and Kings boroughs is in

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chetan86

01 Apr 2018, 16:04

23

13

13,963

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 07:35

ER

Economist: No economic system that is centrally planned can efficientl

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Bunuel

15 Apr 2020, 02:35

55

6

11,273

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 02:08

ER

In January there was a large drop in the number of new houses sold, be

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1, 2

SudiptoGmat

19 Jan 2010, 09:36

270

20

47,746

by: DmitryFarberMPrep

27 Jul 2025, 21:59

ER

Some of the pumps supplying water to our

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Mislead

09 Mar 2025, 14:42

17

4

2,315

by: Pranavsawant

27 Jul 2025, 19:22

-1

Psychologists conducted a series of experiments to test the effect upo

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noboru

11 Apr 2019, 00:32

42

17

23,553

by: VerbalBot

27 Jul 2025, 11:24

-2

Before the 20th century, the employer/employee relationship was

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Bunuel

20 Feb 2023, 03:39

7

10

2,728

by: Aakanksha1194

27 Jul 2025, 10:37

ER

Profits pay for a company's research and development, which is the

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Raksat

16 Aug 2018, 09:51

33

14

10,417

by: Rohan271

27 Jul 2025, 10:27

Although consciousness seems to arise from physical processes, physica

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sting8

26 Jul 2021, 02:54

26

6

8,634

by: anushree01

27 Jul 2025, 03:32

The T. urticae mite is an agricultural pest that feeds on many crop

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mrfrantic

17 Feb 2024, 23:38

2

4

2,346

by: VerbalBot

27 Jul 2025, 00:56

-1

No chordates are tracheophytes, and all members of Pteropsida are trac

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u0422811

01 May 2020, 03:00

71

13

15,953

by: VerbalBot

26 Jul 2025, 16:45

Professor: The best users of a language are its great authors. However

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Bunuel

28 Jun 2018, 04:10

10

4

6,279

by: Pranavsawant

26 Jul 2025, 14:06

ER

Scientific journal: Recent testing was conducted to examine the health

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Bunuel

02 May 2025, 00:30

12

9

2,252

by: iamjatinagrawal

26 Jul 2025, 14:02

Walter: For the economically privileged in a society to tolerate an in

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Bunuel

06 Apr 2020, 02:15

8

4

5,364

by: rak08

26 Jul 2025, 06:07